Landlords Demand Tenants' Workplace Logins to Scrape Their Paystubs
10 hours ago
- #tenant rights
- #privacy
- #data scraping
- Landlords use a service to log into potential renters' employer systems and scrape paystubs and other information en masse.
- This practice may violate U.S. hacking laws, as revealed by screenshots shared with 404 Media.
- The tool collects more data than necessary for apartment applications, raising privacy and legal concerns.
- A renter described the practice as a 'statewide consumer-finance abuse' that forces renters to surrender sensitive information or face homelessness.
- 404 Media granted anonymity to the renter to protect them from potential retaliation.